Description

Department:

34523 Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center - Nursing: Comprehensive Cancer Ctr: 8 W Med Oncol ICU

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hours Per Week:

40

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

8a - 4:30p

Position Title: Rapid Response Team RN

Shift: Days, 8:00am- 4:30pm

Status: Full time

JOB SUMMARY:

Follows the nursing process (assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation) to delegate, coordinate and provide safe, therapeutic nursing care to patients/families. Makes independent judgments/decisions and takes action regarding a wide range of routine and complex patient issues, operating under guidelines of the Adult Rapid Response Team Protocols. Collaborates with appropriate disciplines to coordinate continuity of patient care from admission through discharge in support of the medical and nursing plans of care.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

Graduation from an accredited School of Nursing with two years' experience in critical care required.

LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, and/or REGISTRATION:

Registered Nurse licensure from the State of North Carolina

Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) required

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) required within 1 year of hire for Adult Critical Care, Adult ED

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) required within 1 year of hire for Network ED, Peds ED, PICU and NICU, and other areas per unit guidelines

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1. Exemplifies the responsibilities and accountabilities inherent in professional nursing practice.
2. Collaborates with the health care team to meet the immediate needs of the patient and evaluate care outcomes through consultation and information sharing.
3. Utilizes the nursing process to ensure quality patient care is provided throughout the episode of care. Creates and maintains a safe and therapeutic environment for patients, self, co-workers, and facility. Provides a therapeutic environment for thorough, safe, accurate and timely medication and IV administration including vasoactive drips.
4. Consults with provider team as needed when dealing with complicated patients. Communicates vital patient information to providers. Serves as a liaison between the medical and nursing team.
5. Assists providers with orders such as x-rays and labs. Ensures proper scheduling and follow up of test results for physicians.
6. Assists providers as needed when explaining test results and medications to patients. Serves as a nursing expert of specialized patient care, including direct patient care, assessment, documentation, treatment intervention and patient/family education and support.
7. Takes personal responsibility and initiative for performance and for professional growth and development. Provides appropriate patient care in accordance with Age/Developmental Specific Care Guidelines for the specific age groups served.
8. Coordinates the effective and efficient delivery of patient care and services through application of care management principles. Serves as a role model for effective Code Blue Team response through the coordination of patient resuscitations that foster positive outcomes. Identifies clinical priorities and initiates action to improve patient outcomes. Utilizes broad knowledge base to triage effectively multiple requests for patient assistance.
9. Demonstrates ability to function in a professional practice model through active participation in shared governance, promotion of a healthy work environment and acceptance of personal responsibility for professional growth.
10. Facilitates timely admission and transfer of all patients.
11. Ensures the quality of professional services by demonstrating and maintainingcompetency through updating knowledge and skills and continuing professional growth.

SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS:

• Communicates in an effective, positive, and professional manner
• Critical thinking, delegation and problem solving skills
• Broad clinical knowledge base, serves as clinical expert to nursing units
• Organizational skills
• Ability to handle multiple complex situations simultaneously
• Computer competency
• Self directed

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Regular exposure to patient blood products from collecting/procuring specimens
• Exposure to infectious and contagious diseases
• Moderate to high noise environment
• Physically demanding during transport role
• Handles emergency/crisis situations
• Highly stressful environments and crowded conditions
• Subject to many interruptions
• Handles absentee replacement on short notice
• Wears protective equipment: eye/face, gown, gloves

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
0% 35% 65% to to to 35% 65% 100% N/A Activity X Standing X Walking X Sitting X Bending X Reaching with arms X Finger and hand dexterity X Talking X Hearing X Seeing Lifting, carrying, pushing and or pulling: X
20 lbs. maximum
X
50 lbs. maximum
X
100 lbs. maximum

Pay Range
$34.90 - $52.35

Our Commitment to You:

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more - so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Compensation

• Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training
• Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
• Incentive pay for select positions
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

Benefits and more

• Paid Time Off programs
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program

About Advocate Health

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation's largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.

Rapid Response Team RN